Vold's theoretical criminology / Jeffrey B. Snipes, San Francisco State University, Thomas J. Bernard, The Pennsylvania State University, Alexander L. Gerould, De Anza College.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Snipes, Jeffrey B., author.
• Bernard, Thomas J., author.
• Gerould, Alexander L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Criminal anthropology.
• Criminology.
• Deviant behavior.
• Social conflict.

Physical Description:

xiv, 416 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

Eighth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2019]

Summary:

"The standard text in the field, Vold's Theoretical Criminology is universally known by scholars in the discipline. Taking a largely historical approach, it discusses both classic and contemporary theories, presenting historical context and empirical research for each one. The book concludes with a chapter on assessing theories and their policy implications"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Theory And Crime
• Spiritual Explanations
• Natural Explanations
• Scientific Theories
• Causation in Scientific Theories
• Three Categories of Criminological Theories
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• ch. 2 Theory And Policy In Context
• Crime in the United States: The Past Half-Century
• Two Opposing Narratives of the Crime Wave
• Explaining the 1990s Decline
• The City That Became Safe
• Conclusions
• ch. 3 Classical Criminology
• The Social and Intellectual Background of Classical Criminology
• Beccaria and the Classical School
• The Neoclassical School
• From Classical Theory to Deterrence Research
• Nagin's Review of Deterrence Research
• Rational Choice and Offending
• Routine Activities and Victimization
• Focused Deterrence: Operation Ceasefire
• ch. 4 Biological Factors And Criminal Behavior
• Background: Physical Appearance and Defectiveness
• Lombroso, the Born Criminal, and Positivist Criminology
• Goring's Refutation of the Born Criminal
• Body Type Theories
• Family Studies
• Early Twin and Adoption Studies
• Maoa: The Warrior Gene
• Hormones
• The Central Nervous System
• The Autonomic Nervous System
• Environmentally Induced Biological Components of Behavior
• Epigenetics and the Role of Heritability Studies in Biosocial Criminology
• ch. 5 Psychological Factors And Criminal Behavior
• Intelligence and Crime: Background Ideas and Concepts
• IQ Tests and Criminal Behavior
• Delinquency, Race, and IQ
• Interpreting the Association Between Delinquency and IQ
• Personality and Criminal Behavior
• -Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis
• Research Using Personality Tests
• Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder
• Clinical Prediction of Future Dangerousness
• Actuarial Prediction of Later Crime and Delinquency
• Depression and Delinquency
• Impulsivity and Crime
• Moffitt's Life-Course-Persistent Offenders
• Policy Implications of Personality Research
• ch. 6 Durkheim, Anomie, And Modernization
• Emile Durkheim
• Crime As Normal in Mechanical Societies
• Anomie as a Pathological State in Organic Societies
• Durkheim's Theory of Crime
• ch. 7 Strain Theories
• Robert K. Merton and Anomie in American Society
• Cohen's Middle Class Measuring Rod
• Cloward and Ohlin's Typology of Gangs
• 1960s Strain-Based Policies
• The Decline and Resurgence of Strain Theories
• Agnew's General Strain Theory
• Messner and Rosenfeld's Institutional Anomie Theory
• Conclusion
• ch. 8 Neighborhoods And Crime
• The Theory of Human Ecology
• Research in the Delinquency Areas of Chicago
• Policy Implications
• Residential Succession, Social Disorganization, and Crime
• Sampson's Theory of Collective Efficacy
• Crime in Public Housing
• Social Disorganization and Crime in Rural Areas
• Expanding Interest in Neighborhood Social Processes
• ch. 9 Learning Theories
• Basic Psychological Approaches to Learning
• Tarde's Laws of Imitation and Bandura's Social Learning Theory
• Sutherland's Differential Association Theory
• Research Testing Sutherland's Theory
• The Content of Learning: Cultural and Subcultural Theories
• The Learning Process: Akers's Social Learning Theory
• Assessing Social Learning Theory
• Athens's Theory of Violentization
• Katz's Seductions of Crime
• Labeling Theories
• Implications
• ch. 10 Control Theories
• Early Control Theories: Reiss to Nye
• Matza's Delinquency and Drift
• Hirschi's Social Control Theory
• Assessing Social Control Theory
• Gottfredson and Hirschi's A General Theory of Crime
• Assessing Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory
• ch. 11 Conflict Criminology
• Early Conflict Theories: Sellin and Void
• Conflict Theories in a Time of Conflict: Turk, Quinney, and Chambliss and Seidman
• Black's Theory of the Behavior of Law
• A Unified Conflict Theory of Crime
• Values And Interests in Complex Societies
• Patterns of Individual Action
• The Enactment of Criminal Laws
• The Enforcement of Criminal Laws
• The Distribution of Official Crime Rates
• Testing Conflict Criminology
• Minority Threat Theory
• The Processing of Individuals Through the Justice System
• ch. 12 Marxist, Postmodern, And Green Criminology
• Overview of Marx's Theory
• Marx On Crime, Criminal Law, and Criminal Justice
• The Emergence of Marxist Criminology
• Marxist Theory and Research On Crime
• Overview of Postmodernism
• Postmodern Criminology
• Green Criminology
• ch. 13 Gender And Crime
• The Development of Feminist Criminology
• Schools of Feminist Criminology
• Gender in Criminology
• Why are Women's Crime Rates So Low?
• Why Are Men's Crime Rates So High?
• The Narrowing of the Gender Gap in Violence
• ch. 14 Developmental And Life-Course Theories
• The Great Debate: Criminal Careers, Longitudinal Research, and the Relationship Between Age and Crime
• Criminal Propensity Versus Criminal Career
• The Transition to Developmental Criminology
• Three Developmental Directions
• Thornberry's Interactional Theory
• Sampson and Laub's Age-Graded Theory of Informal Social Control
• Tremblay's Developmental Origins of Physical Aggression
• Future Directions in Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
• ch. 15 Integrated Theories
• Elliott's Integrated Theory of Delinquency and Drug Use
• The Falsification Versus Integration Debate
• Braithwaite's Theory of Reintegrative Shaming
• Tittle's Control Balance Theory
• Differential Social Support and Coercion Theory
• Bernard and Snipes's Approach to Integrating Criminology Theories
• Agnew's General Theory
• Robinson's Integrated Systems Theory
• What is the State of Criminological Theory?
• How Should Theory Be Most Relevant to Policy?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bernard, Thomas, Vold's theoretical criminology

ISBN:

• 9780190940515
• 0190940514

OCLC:

1121423651

Publisher Number:

99993782135